Thursday, October 29, 2009

As you may have gathered from the hulking great picture at the top of the page (thanks @jinnyjoe), our once-monthly night STANDARD at the Melody Bar has moved across the river to the basement of Le Cirk on Dame Street, Dublin 2(entrance to the basement is around the back on Dame Lane)..

There are at least three big reasons to celebrate:

1) We're there every second friday from 3oth October,2) We have the pleasure of Worries Outernational's VOID Sound,3) Its FREE entry!

Standard resident DJs Konspiracy, Halfdutch, Sub One and myself will be in attendance from 9pm till late, playing the best of the ukfunky, dubstep, grime and garage. We do a radio show every saturday night too if you're curious.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Once again, here's last night's broadcast on Raidió Na Life. Suffering through (suspected) swine flu as it pissed down outside, and mumbling away in barely coherent urban Irish, we managed to hold it together. 45 mins of housey vibes from Sub One followed by 45 from me in the more grimy garage vein. Thanks to all who sent shouts in/got shouts out. Back again next week at the same time.

Two years in the making, Naphta's long awaited 'Democracy Now' is finally here. The hour long work (check HERE) can be heard this friday night at a special launch in Filmbase Dublin as part of D.E.A.F. 2009.

Ten euros will get you in to the launch, along with a couple of beers, and most important, the album itself on spanking double vinyl for all who attend. There will be a Q&A with the man himself for afters. See you there.

Another excellent mix from H.U.D. of the Bodymusik blog crew. Jam packed with current favourites, including the very slinky 'Boa Riddim', a brand new H.U.D. production. Check out some more fine work on Mixcloud.

Here's some hardcore memories from Kenny Pilgrim aka Rahtid, promoting the forthcoming Rejuvenation at the Vaults, where you can catch the man himself. No doubt they're be some familiar wobbly jaws from the auld days at this one...

Sunday, October 18, 2009

I haven't mentioned Whistla's Show much lately, but if you love the otherwise undefinable future garage sounds he plays, no doubt you've been keeping an ear open every tuesday night. Here's a great one from a couple of weeks back, a lot worth tracking down from it too.

A big highlight of Rinse's 15th back in the summer was JME, Skepta, Maximum, Jammer, and Frisco's performance. For us Grime-starved paddies it felt like a one-off being there, the crowd were in the palm of their hands for the whole set. Nice to be able to re-live it below (download link HERE)

Monday, October 12, 2009

DJ Halfdutch has put together this excellent mix to promote our crew and club night. Many's a big tune on this as you can probably see from her tracklist - it should give any Dublin heads an idea of what we play if you haven't dropped in to us yet. More news on the club soon....

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

I just got the link for Joe Nice's Gourmet beats radio show from last night, and it contained a very special treat - 16 foundation dubplates from the man like Mala. Many thanks to Section 5 on the heads up.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Big thanks to Tentative Andy on this one, a set from Slimzee and Tubby from a few months back - full on 91-94 hardcore/jungle classics. Lots of happy memories for us old ravers, and something to chew on for the youths.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

It was a messy affair last night, with myself and B fairly under the weather and worn out, so expect dodginess. Otherwise the show is on a wonky grime sort of flex. Tune in again next week at the same time.

Friday, October 2, 2009

In the great tradition of DJs on Dublin's Irish language station Raidio Na Life, we've been neglecting the show a bit these last few weeks, so this saturday myself and Bob Konspiracy will be back on the air at the usual time. We're on 106.4 from 9pm (GMT) till 10.30 on the FM for those in the greater Dublin area. There's also the livestream for those elsewhere.